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Sonya Withers
Senior Lecturer
School of DesignResearch Projects
Current Projects
Project Title: Mātauranga Moana: enhancing Bee Healthy Dental Hubs with Māori & Pacific whānau
Date Range: 2023 - 2025
Funding Body: Health Research Council of New Zealand
Project Team:
- Miss Sonya Withers - Project Leader
Research Outputs
Journal
Withers, S. (2024). Book review: LOPESI, Lana (ed.): Pacific Arts Aotearoa. Auckland: Penguin Books, Creative New Zealand Toi Aotearoa, 2023. 544 pp., ack., afterword, contribs., foreword, gloss., index, intro., notes, timeline. NZ$65.00 (hardcover).. Journal of the Polynesian Society. 133(Special Issue: in a room, in a house, on an island, in an ocean), 113-115
[Book Review]Authored by: Withers, S.
[Book Review]Authored by: Withers, S.
Withers, S., Harper-Siolo, C., Dunstall, S., Vaima'a, P., Gibbs, K., & Te'o-Faumuina, A. (2024). Moana (Pacific) Expressions of Design: Setting the Conditions for Intergenerational inquiries through Learning and Creative Practice. Art/Research International: A Transdisciplinary Journal. 8(2), 599-635 Retrieved from https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/ari/index.php/ari/article/view/29757
[Journal article]Authored by: Withers, S.
[Journal article]Authored by: Withers, S.
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Allen, JMU., Bennett, JL., Clark, ZL., Escott, KR., Fa’avae, DTM., Kaulamatoa, JL., . . . Woolner, VH. (2022). Relational and collective excellence: unfolding the potential of Pacific early career researchers. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 52(S1), 75-91
[Journal article]Authored by: Withers, S.
[Journal article]Authored by: Withers, S.
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Hughes, M., & Withers, S. (2020). Textiles through an Indigenous Lens: Recognizing how our colonial past has shaped the way we use fiber throughout Moana-nui-a-kiwa.. Surface Design Journal. 44(4), 12-17 Retrieved from https://www.surfacedesign.org/winter-2020-sdj-aotearoa-new-zealand-out-now/
[Journal article]Authored by: Withers, S.
[Journal article]Authored by: Withers, S.
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Book
Sonya, W. (2018). Fashion and tatau appropriation: Flattering or offensive?. In S. Mallon, & S. Galliot (Eds.) Tatau A Cultural History of Samoan Tattooing. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Papa Press
[Chapter]Contributed to by: Withers, S.
[Chapter]Contributed to by: Withers, S.
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Conference
Kilford, A., Withers, S., & Moffatt, B. (2024, August). Te Muka Taura A site-based exploration of harakeke for dye extraction and muka colouration Jun 2022 - Aug 2023. Presented at CTANZ Symposium 2024 Social Fabric: Interconnectedness: Patterns and Diversity. Whangārei.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Kilford, A., Withers, S.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Kilford, A., Withers, S.
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Kane, F., Kilford, A., Withers, S., & Tanya, R. (2023). Mapping the benefits of collaborative textile research in Aotearoa New Zealand. https://doi.org/10.21606/TI-2023/cv. : Textile Intersections
[Conference Paper in Published Proceedings]Authored by: Kane, F., Kilford, A., Withers, S.
[Conference Paper in Published Proceedings]Authored by: Kane, F., Kilford, A., Withers, S.
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Withers, S., & Stokes, G. (2023). Mātauranga Moana: uplifting Māori and Pacific values of conceptualisation over western co-design constructs. Design Research Society, Learn X Design 2023 Full Paper. (pp. 1 - 15). : The 7th International Conference for Design Education Researchers
[Conference Paper in Published Proceedings]Authored by: Withers, S.
[Conference Paper in Published Proceedings]Authored by: Withers, S.
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Kilford, A., Kane, F., Ruka, T., & Withers, S. (2023, September). Mapping the benefits of collaborative textile research in Aotearoa New Zealand. Presented at 2023 Textiles Intersections Conference. London.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Kane, F., Kilford, A., Withers, S.Contributed to by: Withers, S.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Kane, F., Kilford, A., Withers, S.Contributed to by: Withers, S.
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Withers, S. (2021, September). Beneath the Aloha shirt – shifting representations to centre indigenous designers and worn perspectives.. Presented at Selvedge World Fair 2021
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Withers, S.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Withers, S.
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Kane, F., Withers, S., & Kilford, A. (2021, July). Interconnected Futures: Material practices and knowledge-based systems in the academy. Presented at Pivot 2021 Conference. Canada.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Kane, F., Kilford, A., Withers, S.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Kane, F., Kilford, A., Withers, S.
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Withers, S.(2021, April). Materializing the visibility of Sāmoan women: how the puletasi has served the presence of Sāmoan women in Aotearoa.. .
[Conference]Authored by: Withers, S.
[Conference]Authored by: Withers, S.
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Withers, S. (2020, November). Talanoa > Critique.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Withers, S.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Withers, S.
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Withers, S., & Leone, S.Moana Pacific Perspectives: Reconnecting Moana communities with their collections in Auckland Museum’s Pacific Collection Access Project. . Brisbane
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Withers, S.
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Other
Withers, S. (2018). Threading the history of the Aloha shirt: From Hawai’i to Aotearoa.
[Internet publication]Authored by: Withers, S.
[Internet publication]Authored by: Withers, S.
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Withers, S. (2018). Ipu: An abundance of Hawaiian history and culture.
[Internet publication]Authored by: Withers, S.
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Withers, S. (2017). Garments as canvases and zero-waste design: The work of Greta Menzies.
[Internet publication]Authored by: Withers, S.
[Internet publication]Authored by: Withers, S.
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